I just been taking photos of a demolition of a building and I am trying to remember what the technique is called when you go in Photoshop and put a sequence of photos together to show the event.
What is this called, and how would I do it? Are there tricks in Photoshop or other software that make it easy?
From what you describe I think the word you are looking for is montage. This is a term borrowed from the movies, where it refers to a set of short sequences edited together to show an event.
The classic example is a 'training montage' where the previously hapless hero undergoes a lifetime's training in 30 seconds (usually to music) before emerging a master.
A photographic montage is similar - a sequence of separate shots, put together into one image to tell a story.
To make one in Photoshop, you just need to create a new image big enough to hold the number of shots in the sequence, open those shots, then drag and drop them into the new image. You might want to leave a border around each image so factor that in when you calculate the size of the image.
Maybe the word you're looking for is triptych ?
A slideshow is when images are shown one after the other, either advancing manually or automatically after a short interval. Images appear still but may have some kind of animation called a transition between them.
A time-lapse is when images are stringed together at regular frame-rate (5 to 60 FPS, typically) into a video. The effect is a scene advancing at an accelerated pace compared to the actual event.
One could make it reverse and take a quick event and slow it down, but that is not usually called a time-lapse although it can be done the same way. You can also shoot video and speed it up (skipping frames) or slow it down (slower frame-rate or interpolating intermediate frames). It does not even have to be done uniformly. This is usually called a time-warp.
A group of photos that tell a story is called a Narrative or a photo essay . This is almost always an assignment in any photography coarse. It can be very subjective and up to the photographer but the viewer should be able to recognize that the group of photos are telling a story. While this might no be specifically what you are asking, it is the answer to "What is it called when you put a sequence of photos together to show an event"
Another possibility of an answer could be: kinestasis - a rapidly-moving montage technique set to music. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viyufRQKlto
I am trying to remember what the technique is called when you go in Photoshop and put a sequence of photos together to show the event. What is this called?
This could be a diptych (2 images), triptych (3 images) or polyptych (4 or more images). Example:
and how would I do it? Are there tricks in Photoshop or other software that make it easy?
